Dish-cleaner



(No Model.)

E. P. CARTER.

DISH CLEANER.

No. 550,251. Patented Nov. 25, 1895.

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EGBERT P. CARTER, OF SMETHPOBT, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,251, dated November 26, 1895.

Application filed July 13, 1895. Serial No. 555 ,927. (N0 model.)

invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to dishwashing machines, and its object is to provide an improved construction of the same which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in operation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinalsectional view of a dish washer constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, the cover being removed and the bails turned up to serve as handles. Fig. 3 is a similar View, the bails being turned down and the cover in place. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modified construction of bearing for the dish-holder. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the bearing detached.

In the said drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a water-receptacle, comprising the semicylindrical rim and circular heads 2 and formed with a rectangular upper portion 3. Secured to the inner sides of the heads 2 at or near the center thereof are V-shaped projections or ways 4, which form the bearings for the journals of the dishholder.

The numeral 5 designates the dish-holder, comprising the semicylindrical rim 6 of perforated metal and the semicircular ends 7. This dish-holder is removable from the waterreceptacle and each of the ends is provided with an upwardly-extending arm 8, provided with a trunnion 9, which is journaled in the bearings in the heads of the water-receptacle. The object of makingthese bearings V-shaped is that they may guide the trunnions into position in inserting the holder in the Water-receptacle. Pivoted to said arms are two bails 10, which are adapted to be turnedup so as to form handles for the holder, and when turned down they hold the dishes in place.

It will be seen that one of the arms 8 extends up higher than the other, and passing therethrough is a screw-threaded stud 12, with which engages a correspondingly-threadedlever 13. The inner side of this stud is formed with a head 14. The said stud also passes through a slot 15 in a vertically-adjustable plate 16, provided at its lower end with a flange 17, formed by turning said end at a right angle to the body portion. When the bails are turned down, the said plate is pushed down so that the flange will engage therewith, and by turning the lever the plate will be clamped between the head of the stud and the arm, whereby the bails will hold the dishes in place. By loosening the stud, by turning the lever in the reverse direction, the plate can be pushed up to release the bails and allow them to be turned up to serve as handles. The numeral 18 designates an operating lever pivoted to one of the arms 8, by means of which the dish-holder can be rocked or oscillated.

The numeral 19 designates a rectangular cover formed with downwardlyextending flanges 20, which fit inside the rectangular upper end of the water-receptacle. It is provided on its under side with two longitudinal ribs 21, which serve to hold the dish-holder in an upright position when placed thereon, as hereinafter described. It is also formed with an aperture 23, and near the edges on the upper side is formed with ribs or projections 24, so that when inverted and placed on the water-receptacle it will be held in place.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified construction of bearing, consisting of a proj ection or plate 26, formed with or secured to the semicircular ends 7, and having an angular slot or recess. Engaging with this slot or recess is the rectangular inner end of a pin 25, passing through the head of the water-receptacle and provided with a handle 27 and a nut 28. By oscillating this handle the holder will be actuated.

When the bearing first, described is used, the cover is not quite as long as the waterreceptacle, leaving a space at one end through which the operating-handle projects.

In using the machine the dishes are placed IOC in the holder, and by means of the bails the latter is inserted in the water receptacle, which is partly filled with water. The bails are then turned down and the plate pushed down so that its lower end will engage with the bails. The screw-lever is then tightened, which will lock the plate, and the bails, which do not extend to the sides of the holder, will bear upon the dishes and securely hold them in place. By now oscillating the operating-handle the holder will be rocked to and fro, causing the water to be forced between the dishes, which will rapidly and thoroughly cleanse them. hen the dishes have been cleaned, the cover is removed and the lever is loosened to allow the bails to be again turned out to serve as handles and the holder removed. The cover is then placed on the water-receptacle in an inverted position and the holder, with the dishes therein, placed thereon and held in an upright position by the longitudinal ribs. Hot water is then poured over the dishes, rinsing them, which afterward escapes through the aperture in the cover.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a dish washer, the combination with the Water receptacle, of the removable perforated dish holder, the arms at the ends thereof, the bails pivoted thereto, and the vertically movable plate and means for looking it to one of the arms, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a dish washer, the combination with the water receptacle provided with V-shaped bearings in its heads, of the removable perforated dish holder the upwardly extending arms, the trunnions, the bails pivoted to said arms, the vertically movable slotted plate, the headed screw stud passing through said plate and one of said arms, the screw lever, and the operating handle, substantially as described.

3. In a dish washer, the combination with the water receptacle and the oscillating and removable dish holder, of the bails pivotally connected with the the said holder and means for locking them in place when turned down, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EGBERT P. CARTER.

\Vitnesses T. F. RICHMOND, B. L. KNAPP. 

